I’m a Penguins fan. This is not news. I also pay a little attention to the national sports media regarding our team and other teams in the NHL. Recently (as in, just now), I read a post on the Puck Daddy blog from Yahoo written by Greg Wyshynski that analyzes the playoff matches in the Eastern Conference.

His picks:
Rangers vs. Senators: Rangers ( Read more... )

The Elder Scrolls new game Skyrim came out today. I’ve been piqued by it, but something Gabe from Penny Arcade said stands out as why I didn’t like Oblivion:

Quoth Gabe;
When I meet a group of people in Skyrim and they want me to join their cult or whatever I just freeze up. If I do join it, will I miss out on some cool thing later? If I don’t ( Read more... )

I’m back from vacation. I know you care, so I’m telling you.

We went to the beach. We went to the sound (which is like the beach, without the waves, and with a bunch of fiddler crabs). We went shopping. We went to a really crappy shrimp festival with a pretty cool parade before it. Yeah, that’s pretty much it. No sunburns except on the tip of ( Read more... )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWlS7J0uigg

There. You’ve been Raptured.
Originally posted at Phoenix Rising.

I started watching Star Trek, the original series recently. Started at the beginning and am heading my way through it. I just finished Space Seed, episode 22. More on that later. If I manage to make it through, I may start in on TNG. DS9 also tempts me, but Voyager and Enterprise…I dunno. Anyway, I am amazed at how crappy some of these ( Read more... )

I typed up a long review of Portal 2 a few days ago. This was just after I finished the single-player mode. The end result was “the single player suffered from a few flaws that made it hard to REALLY enjoy like I enjoyed Portal 1″. My score at that time was an 8.5.

Then I ran the co-op course. And unlike other cooperative games, where one guy ( Read more... )

My daughter is doing a fundraising thing for her cousin who has Crohn’s Disease. This is a call for you to help her reach her goal of $1000 of donations. Here is where you do so! Thanks.
Originally posted at Phoenix Rising.

The Boy: Oh, Mother!
Me: Mother is only half a word!
La femme: Don’t you dare teach him that!
The Boy: Oh, mother of mine…not that other word.
Me: TOO LATE!
Originally posted at Phoenix Rising.

Obviously this is prompted by the Steelers losing the Super Bowl to the Packers. I won’t necessarily say that the Steelers lost it, nor will I say that the Packers won it. Two of the turnovers probably were unavoidable, but lucky. But in general, most of the key players (Polamalu, for example) were not a factor in the game. I’m not too upset, I ( Read more... )

OK, there’s no actual Drama here, not the kind that comes with a llama. It’s simply discussion of audio dramas that I listen to or have available.

1> Decoder Ring Theatre. They’re Canadian, that’s why they spell it “theatre”. Gregg Taylor is the only writer for the majority of their shows. They have two main shows, and then a summer showcase ( Read more... )